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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary  —  Granite State voters divided on whether all Dems have equal voice in nomination  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Support for former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has grown while backing for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Detroit News:
Poll: Biden, Bloomberg hold largest leads against Trump in Michigan  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg hold the best chances among the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls of defeating President Donald Trump in Michigan, according to a new statewide poll.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Bernie emerges as growing threat to Biden  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders attacked Joe Biden recently, the former vice president dismissed his former Senate colleague with a contemptuous brush-off.  —  “You guys expect me to take Bernie's comments seriously?
Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll to be released Friday, could help determine which Democratic candidates get on the January debate stage  —  Results of a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Democratic presidential candidates will be released online at 5 p.m. CST Friday.
Discussion: CNN
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Kamala Harris' national finance chair prepares to back Joe Biden as former VP starts 2020 with a fundraising boost
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:   GOP senator: 'Trump's stock level is at an all-time high'
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Trump's Treatment of U.S. Allies Comes Home to Roost
Discussion: Raw Story
Molly Ball / TIME:
'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump  —  Nancy Pelosi isn't wild about the question.  The impeachment of President Donald Trump is under way, and I've asked the Speaker of the House if she thinks it's the most important thing she'll ever do.
Newsweek:
Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake, sources say  —  The Ukrainian flight that crashed just outside the Iranian capital of Tehran was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.
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Wall Street Journal:   Boeing Jet Was on Fire Before Crash, Iran Says; Investigators Consider Hostile Act
Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Iran missiles appear to have shot down Ukraine-bound Boeing airliner, US sources tell NBC News
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Stefanik tweets altered photo of Pelosi in GOP fundraising appeal  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) tweeted a petition and fundraising appeal that included what appeared to be an altered photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, drawing a retweet Thursday morning from President Trump.
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
Trials Are for Evidence  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details  —  If President Trump made the decision to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, would he need to come to Congress to get authorization for it?  —  The Trump administration won't say.  —  That remarkable claim …
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ABC News:
Defense Secretary Esper privately warned lawmakers against debating war powers  —  The suggestion enraged GOP Sen. Mike Lee who called it “insane.”  —  On the eve of a House vote Thursday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Congress not to debate limits to President Donald Trump's power …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Maybe Nominating Bloomberg for President Isn't a Crazy Idea  —  Not long ago, my teenaged kids and one of their friends asked me what I thought about Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign.  The question momentarily took me aback, since even though I spend hours a day following campaign coverage …
Discussion: Scripting News
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Around the Country in 17 Hours With Michael Bloomberg
Discussion: Axios
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Environmental rollback expected to speed pipeline approval  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing to speed up approval for pipelines and other major oil and gas projects as part of a sweeping change in enforcement of one of the country's landmark environmental laws.
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, NBC News and The Hill
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Washington Post:
White House wants to change environmental rules to speed up highway projects, pipelines and more
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Reuters and Slate
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Says It Won't Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads  —  The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies.  But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday that it would not make any major changes …
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Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Strikes Out in Attempt to Get New Judge in Rape Trial  —  Harvey Weinstein struck out in his attempt on Thursday to get a new judge assigned to his rape trial in New York.  —  Attorneys for the movie mogul accused Justice James Burke of being prejudicial …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial Judge Rejects Efforts To Toss Him Off Case, Jury Selection Continues
Discussion: The Week
Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals  —  Harry and Meghan quit as senior Royals, announcing they will split their time between the UK and North America, and are understood to have done so without discussing the matter with other Royals.
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Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Gov. Laura Kelly, Sen. Jim Denning announce Medicaid expansion deal  —  Sherman Smith sherman_newsTim Carpenter TimVCarpenter  —  Gov. Laura Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning outlined Thursday a bipartisan compromise for Medicaid expansion that was the product of 60 days of behind …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Associated Press:
New Kansas proposal breaks impasse on expanding Medicaid
Discussion: Mother Jones
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Was This Ex-Fox News Anchor Benched for Accusing Trump?  —  Courtney Friel appeared in none of her regularly scheduled KTLA anchoring slots the weekend after publicly accusing the president of making a pass at her.  —  Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel gave a revealing interview with the New York Daily News.
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
NYC Bar Association Asks Congress to Investigate AG Barr for Bias  — A rare rebuke of a U.S. attorney general by a bar association  — Group says Barr has ‘disregarded’ his duty to be impartial  —  The New York City Bar Association has asked Congress to investigate U.S. Attorney …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Watch: Anti-Trump Lincoln Project targets evangelical voters with new video  —  “MAGA Church,” the first digital video from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump's standing with evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos of him speaking crudely.
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Democrats' contempt for Trump fuels an online cash surge  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats' online fundraising behemoth ActBlue routed more than $1 billion in campaign contributions to the party's candidates and causes in 2019, a groundswell that dwarfs what it helped raise during the same period of any past election cycle.
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
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Sheila Bair / Washington Post:
I am a Republican, and I hope the Democrats pick a candidate I can vote for
John F. Harris / Politico:
‘He Is Our O.J.’  —  Explain yourself, I asked readers who are indignant about President Donald Trump's impeachment shortly before the holiday break.  I wasn't asking merely for a defense of Trump, but for an honest illumination of what defenders would think if the essential facts …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court stays judge's ruling blocking military funds for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Townhall
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump touts court ruling allowing military funds for border wall construction
Discussion: Associated Press
Steve Inskeep / New York Times:
It's 1856 All Over Again  —  Immigration.  Race.  Demographic change.  Political demagogy.  That year's presidential race had it all.  What can it tell us about 2020?  —  Mr. Inskeep is a co-host of “Morning Edition” on NPR and the author of a book about John C. Frémont.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System (Exclusive)  —  The studio has made a pact with Cinelytic to use its project management system that was launched last year.  —  Resistance is futile.  Warner Bros. has become the latest studio to publicly embrace artificial intelligence.
Discussion: Instapundit, Wired and The Verge
 
 
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Occam's Election  —  The simplest answer is also the most likely.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination?
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Mohammed bin Zayed's Dark Vision of the Middle East's Future
Ali Zerdin / Associated Press:
Statue mocking Donald Trump torched in Slovenia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Yuval Levin / The Dispatch:
Don't Panic, Just Worry  —  As a presidential election year dawns …
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Ring Fired Employees for Watching Customer Videos
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Peter Schweizer book, “Profiles in Corruption,” out Jan. 21
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 Earlier Items: 
Mark Weinberg / The Bulwark:
What Would Reagan Think?  —  He'd hope that the party he led …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump ‘knew they were lying’ over ploy to sell condos, book claims
Discussion: Political Wire and Trump, Inc.
Reade Pickert / Yahoo Finance:
A Great Year for U.S. Jobs Is Also Likely to Be Worst Since 2011
Leonard N. Fleming / Detroit News:
Poll: Peters holds small lead over James in Michigan Senate race
Madison Feller / ELLE:
Elizabeth Warren Wants You To Ditch That Guy, Get A Dog, And Vote To Tax The Wealthy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Mnuchin seeks delay of proposed disclosure of Secret Service spending on presidential travel until after election
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
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